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Agricultural  Experiment  Station 


NEW  HAVEN.  CONN. 


BULLETIN  228  MARCH,  1921 


Connecticut  Round  Tip 
Tobacco 

A  New  Type  of  Wrapper  Leaf 


By  D.  F.  JONES 


The  Bulletins  of  this  Station  are  uaailed  free  to  citizens  of  Connecticut 
who  apply  for  them,  and  to  others  as  far  as  the  editions  permit. 


CONNECTICUT  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION 

OFFICERS  AND  STAFF 


BOARD  OF  CONTROL. 

His  Excellency,  Everett  J.  Lake,  ex-officio,  President. 

James  H.  Webb,  Vice  President Hamden 

George  A.  Hopson,  Secretary New  Haven 

E.  H.  Jenkins,  Director  and  Treasurer New  Haven 

Joseph  W.  Alsop Avon 

Charles  R.  Treat Orange 

Elijah  Rogers Southington 

William  H.  Hall South  Willington 

STAFF. 
Administration.  E.  11.  Jenkins,  Ph.D.,  Director  and  Treasurer. 

Miss  V.  E.  Cole,  Librarian  and  Stenographer. 

Miss  L.  M.  Bratjtlecht,  Bookkeeper  and  Stenographer. 

William  Veitch,  In  charge  of  Buildings  and  Grounds. 
Chemistry. 

Analytical  Laboratory.  E.  Monroe  Bailbt,  Ph.D.,  Chemist  in  Charge. 

R.  E.  Andrew,  M.A.,  C.  E.  Shepard,  i 

H.  D.  Edmond,  B.S.,  OwenL.  Nolan,  [  Assistant  Chemists. 

R.  N.  Copeland,  i 

Frank  Sheldon,  Laboratory  Assistant. 

V.  L.  Churchill,  Sampling  Agent. 

Miss  Alta  H.  Moss,  Clerk. 

Protein  Research.         T.  B.  Osborne,  Ph.D.,  D.Sc,  Chemist  in  Charge. 

Botany.  G.  P.  Clinton,  Sc.D.,  Botanist. 

E.  M.  Stoddard,  B.S.,  Assistant  Botanist. 

Miss  Florence  A.  McCormick,  Ph.D.,  Scientific  Assistant. 

G.  E.  Graham,  General  Assistant. 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Kelset,  Stenographer. 

Entomology.  W.  E.  Britton,  Ph.D.,  Entomologist;  State  Entomologist. 

B.  H.  Walden,  B.Agr.,  M.  P.  Zappe,  B.S.,  ]    a     ■  ,     , 

Philip  Garman,  Ph.D.,    Samuel  T.  Sealt,  f      _   ,       ,     . 
T         rr.    A  Entomologtsts. 

John  T.  Ashworth,  J 

Miss  Gladys  M.  Finlet,  Stenographer. 

Forestry.  Walter  O.  Fillet,  Forester,  also  State  Forester  and 

Stale  Forest  Fire  Warden. 
A.  E.  Moss,  M.F.,  Assistant  State  and  Station  Forester. 
H.  W.  HicocK,  M.F.,  Assistant. 
Miss  Pauline  A.  Merchant,  Stenographer. 

Plant  Breeding.  Donald  F.  Jones,  S.D.,  Plant  Breeder. 

C.  D.  HuBBELL,  Assistant. 

Vegetable  Oroving.         


Press  of  The  Wilson  H.  Lee  Company, 


Connecticut  Round  Tip  Tobacco. 

A  New  Type  of  Wrapper  Leaf  for  Priming;  Recom- 
mended for  Trial  Where  Havana  is  Grown. 


By  D.  F.  Jones. 


Both  Havana  and  Broadleaf  tobaccos  grown  in  New  England 
have  rather  narrow-pointed  leaves  so  that  the  jdeld  of  wrappers 
from  a  pound  of  leaf  is  relatively  small.  In  an  endeavor  to  ob- 
tain a  type  having  a  more  nearly  round  leaf  which  would  equal  or 
prove  better  than  the  two  well-knowTi  varieties  in  quality  and  sm'- 
pass  them  in  yield,  a  new  variety  of  tobacco  has  been  developed 
by  ten  years  of  selection  and  testing.  Tliis  variety  is  called 
Connecticut  Round  Tip  on  accoimt  of  the  broad,  full  tips  of  the 
leaves  and  is  offered  to  tobacco  growers  in  the  belief  that  it  has 
certain  distinct  advantages  which  make  it  worthy  of  serious  con- 
sideration. 

In  recommending  a  new  type  of  tobacco  for  trial  it  is  fully 
realized  that  there  are  many  reasons  why  any  variety  differing 
from  those  commonly  grown  may  be  undesirable  for  the  grower, 
no  matter  how  meritorious  it  is,  because  the  trade  is  unfamiliar 
with  it  and  there  is  therefore  a  tendency  to  discriminate  against 
it.  At  the  same  time  no  one  can  maintain  that  the  kinds  of  to- 
bacco now  used  will  always  be  grown  or  that  it  is  impossible  to 
obtain  new  varieties  which  will  be  more  profitable  than  those 
now  employed. 

Connecticut  Round  Tip  should  not  be  confused  with  other  new 
varieties  offered  from  time  to  time,  most  of  which  were  variable 
hybrids  which  had  not  been  fixed  and  stabilized  nor  had  they  been 
selected  so  extensively  or  carefully  as  this  tobacco  has  been  for 
certain  definite  qualities.  No  plants  of  Connecticut  Round  Tip 
were  grown  outside  of  our  trial  grounds  previous  to  1918.  But 
in  the  last  three  yesxrs  it  has  been  tested  in  the  field  of  compari- 
son with  types  now  grown  and  has  been  shown  to  have  certain 
valuable  qualities  which  merit  attention. 

Origin  of  the  Round  Tip  Tobacco. 

The  problem  was  to  combine  in  one  variety  or  type  the  higher 
nmnber  and  the  better  shape  of  leaves  of  Sumatra  with  the  larger 
size  and  other  desirable  qualities  of  Broadleaf. 

The  method  of  doing  this  had  been  developed  by  previous  study 
of  inheritance  in  tobacco. 


288         CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   228. 

An  artificial  cross  was  first  made  between  Sumatra  and  Broad-     ^ 
leaf.     The  seed  was  planted  the  next  year  and  from  the  resulting 
plants  seed  was  saved  for  the  third  year's  planting,  when  the  se- 
lections were  begun. 

Each  plant  was  carefully  studied  and  noted  as  to  all  important 
characters  which  could  be  observed  in  the  fields.  From  the  plants 
which  represented  the  desired  size  and  shape,  seed  was  saved 
under  bags  for  the  next  year's  test  while  all  the  less  desirable 
plants  were  dropped  out.  This  process  was  repeated  year  after 
year  for  ten  successive  years  till  finally  three  selections  remained 
which  seemed  equally  promising.  Then  these  were  tested  on  a 
larger  scale. 

In  1916  about  one-third  of  an  acre  of  each  was  grown,  and  sepa- 
rately harvested,  cured  and  sorted  and  the  weights  and  propor- 
tions of  the  different  grades  were  used  in  making  the  final  choice. 

Throughout  the  work  selection  has  been  based  largely  on  the 
weights  and  appearances  of  the  cured  and  sorted  leaves. 

It  is  not  a  ^^hyhrid"  as  the  term  is  usually  understood.  A 
hybrid  is  a  natural  or  artificial  cross  of  two  fairly  settled  varieties 
and  the  individual  hybrid  plants  the  second  and  immediately 
following  years  are  very  variable.  Years  of  very  careful  selection 
are  required  to  secure  a  variety  or  type  with  fixed  characters. 

The  Round  Tip  here  described  comes  from  a  "hybrid"  which 
has  been  carefully  protected  from  natural  crossing  and  selected 
for  ten  years  so  that  its  uniformity  to  type  is  fully  equal  to  that 
of  either  of  the  varieties  commonly  grown  in  the  state. 

This  new  tobacco  is  largely  the  result  of  the  work  of  E.  M. 
East,  formerly  with  this  station  and  now  at  the  Bussey  Institute 
of  Harvard  University.  H.  K.  Hayes,  also  formerly  connected 
with  this  station,  and  E.  G.  Beinhart  of  the  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture,  have  had  a  large  part  in  producing  Connecticut 
Roimd  Tip.  The  writer  has  continued  and  completed  the  work. 
B.  G.  Southwick  of  the  Hartford  County  Farai  Bflreau  has  ren- 
dered valuable  help  in  securing  the  co-operation  of  growers  in 
carrying  out  field  tests  of  the  variety  and  in  interesting  dealers  in 
the  merits  of  the  leaf.  During  the  first  years  of  development  the 
tobacco  selections  were  grown  for  the  Connecticut  Experiment 
Station  by  the  Windsor  Tobacco  Corporation  at  Bloomfield. 
Later  they  were  grown  at  the  Shaker  Farms  at  Somers.  Much 
credit  is  due  J.  B.  Stewart  and  M.  M.  Smith  for  their  co-operation 
in  this  enterprise. 

Characteristic  Features  of  Round  Tip  Tobacco. 

The  plant  is  a  tall,  vigorous  grower  which  flowers  and  sets  seed 
abundantly  in  the  field.  It  has  a  strong  root  system  which 
enables  the  plants  to  stand  up  in  the  field  better  than  Havana. 
The  leaves  are  not  as  large  as  Broadleaf  but  they  are  more  com- 


PLATE  XVI. 


Figure  1.     Round  Tip  leaves  from  the  bottom,  middle  and  top  of  one 
plant  at  the  time  of  first  priming. 


Figure  2.  A  field  of  Round  Tip  grown  by  Morgan  &  Dickinson,  Wind- 
sor, Conn.,  in  1920,  who  say:  "It  showed  wonderful  growth,  averaging 
24  leaves  to  the  stalk,  and  we  were  particularly  impressed  with  the 
round  shape  of  the  leaves  and  the  plant's  root  system." 


PLATE  XVII. 


Figure  3.  Round  Tip  plants  grown  by  T.  J.  Kearney,  Poquonock, 
Conn.,  in  1920,  who  was  pleased  with  their  vigorous  growth  and  produc- 
tion of  numerous  and  well  shaped  leaves. 


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Figure  4.  Roots  of  two  plants  of  Round  Tip,  at  the  sides,  compared 
with  two  roots  of  Havana,  in  the  center,  arranged  in  the  order  and  com- 
parative distance  in  which  they  grew  in  a  field  badly  infested  with  root  rot. 


FIELD    TESTS    OF   ROUND    TIP   TOBACCO.  289- 

pact,  having  a  broad  rounding  shape  without  the  long  drooping 
tip  usually  shown  by  that  variety.  The  plants  develop  from 
twenty  to  twenty-four  good  sized  leaves  per  plant.  These  are 
spaced  somewhat  farther  apart  on  the  stalk  than  those  of  either 
Broadleaf  or  Havana,  maldng  the  plants  more  suitable  for  priming 
than  for  stalk  cutting.  By  topping  lower  with  from  sixteen  to 
eighteen  leaves  the  cut  tobacco  can  be-  handled  satisfactorily  in 
the  sheds. 

In  one  field  in  1919  a  few  plants  were  accidently  set  among 
Havana  in  the  field  which  was  badly  infected  with  root  rot. 
The  Havana  plants  made  a  very  small  growth  while  the  Round 
Tip  plants  showed  no  sign  of  injury  to  the  roots.  They  were 
vigorous  and  fully  twice  as  tall  as  the  Havana  plants  growing 
beside  them.  The  differences  in  root  growth  are  shown  in  the 
accompanying  illustration.  If  this  resistance  to  unfavorable  soil 
conditions  proves  to  be  characteristic  of  this  variety  under  all 
conditions  it  will  be  a  most  valuable  feature  and  one  which  alone 
makes  the  variety  very  promising. 

At  their  best  the  leaves  are  nearly  as  wide  as  they  are  long  and 
are  noticeably  full  at  the  tip.  They  are  also  held  upright  and  close 
to  the  stalks,  thus  avoiding  considerable  damage  in  the  field.  The 
lengths  of  the  leaves  run  from  sixteen  to  twenty-six  inches  but 
on  account  of  their  shape  a-  twenty  inch  leaf  is  equivalent  to  a 
much  longer  leaf  of  either  Havana  or  Broadleaf  and  pound  for 
pound  yields  a  greater  number  of  wrappers. 

In  color  and  quality  of  cured  leaves  the  tobacco  is  more  nearly 
like  Havana  and  is  recommended  for  the  uses  to  which  Havana 
is  put.  Many  have  said  that  it  resembles  shade  grown  Cuban 
somewhat.  However,  in  color  and  general  wrapper  equalities  it 
is  usually  distinct  from  any  of  the  varieties  now  grown  and  in  time 
should  win  a  place  for  itself  on  its  own  merits. 

Field  Tests. 

In  testing  the  productiveness  and  quality  of  this  tobacco  it 
has  been  difficult  to  get  a  satisfactory  trial  for  the  reason  that 
it  has  not  been  grown  in  sufficient  amount.  It  has  not  been  pos- 
ible  to  devote  much  seed  bed  space  to  the  growing  plants  and 
consequently  there  have  never  been  enough  plants  to  set  the 
field  all  at  one  time.  As  a  result,  plants  differing  in  maturity 
were  harvested  at  the  same  time  as  it  was  necessary  to  pick  the 
whole  field  at  each  priming.  Moreover,  the  plants  were  handled 
as  Havana  was  treated  and  it  has  since  been  learned  that  the 
Round  Tip  requires  somewhat  different  treatment  in  certain 
particulars. 

It  is  generally  agreed .  that  the  leaves  should  be  picked  earlier 
than  the  Havana  leaves  of  the  same  stage  of  development.  They 
should  not  be  left  until  they  show  yellow.     The  plants  being  large 


290         CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT  STATION   BULLETIN  228. 

yielders  are  heavy  feeders  and  must  be  fertilized  accordingly. 
Producing  more  leaves  than  Havana  it  should  be  fed  proportion- 
ately more.  This  extra  expense  is  fully  justified  since  on  a  given 
area  and  with  the  same  labor,  except  for  handling,  a  greater 
quantity  of  tobacco  is  produced.  The  leaves  being  wider  than 
Havana  they  should  be  spaced  farther  apart  in  the  sheds  in  order 
to  cure  properly. 

In  1915  at  Bloomfield  1400  pounds  per  acre  were  secured  and 
the  year  following  1800  pounds  in  three  primings  not  counting 
tops.  In  1918  at  the  Shaker  Farms  the  rate  of  2800  pounds  per 
acre  was  obtained  from  a  field  of  about  one-third  of  an  acre.  In 
1919  it  was  tested  in  seven  different  places  in  the  valley  by  growers 
of  Havana  in  amounts  ranging  from  one-fourth  to  five  acres.  Three 
of  them  grew  it  as  a  stalk  tobacco  and  the  others  primed  it.  The 
weights  ran  from  1400  to  1600  pounds  per  acre.  The  tobacco 
was  set  rather  late  and  on  account  of  uneven  planting  the  condi- 
tions were  not  favorable  to  this  variety. 

In  1920  Round  Tip  was  grown  in  thirteen  different  places  in 
amounts  from  a  few  plants  to  eight  acres.  The  tobacco  made  a 
good  growth  in  spite  of  a  late  start  in  many  cases,  until  damaged 
by  the  hail  storm.  In  spite  of  much  injury  to  the  last  pickings 
weights  of  from  1600  to  2000  pounds  per  acre  were  secured.  The 
percentage  of  light  wrappers  was  also  high  in  nearly  every  case. 

When  properly  cured  the  "burn"  is  satisfactory.  The  only 
serious  objection  to  this  tobacco  is  that  it  may  have  a  bitter  taste. 
Some  think  that  this  can  be  obviated  by  proper  curing  and  ageing. 

Its  remarkable  ability  to  stand  up  on  soils  in  which  other 
tobacco  fails  to  thrive  was  also  shown  very  clearly  in  1920  in 
those  places  where  a  direct  comparison  could  be  made. 

Opinions  of  Tobacco  Growers. 

From  M.  M.  Smith,   The  Shaker  Farms,  Somers,  Conn. 

The  young  plants  of  the  new  variety  of  tobacco  started  more  quickly, 
grew  a  large  round  tip  leaf,  required  very  little  suckering,  and  stood  up 
against  a  storm  better  than  the  ordinary  type.  As  the  yield  of  leaves 
and  weight  was  more  than  the  type  usually  grown,  believe  it  should  be 
fed  accordingly.  Also  found  that  owing  to  wide  spreading  of  roots, 
there  is  danger  of  too  deep  cultivation  after  plant  is  half  matured. 

From  Morgan  &  Dickinson,  Windsor,  Conn. 

We  set  out  9,000  plants  of  Round  Tip  on  June  27th,  1920,  and  finished 
harvesting  our  tops  on  Sept.  14th.  The  9,000  plants  produced  1,778  pounds 
with  some  loss  in  weight  by  hail,  as  the  last  ten  leaves  were  cut  in  the 
storm.  This  tobacco  produced  828  pounds  of  No.  1  Wrappers  and  571 
pounds  of  No.  2  Wrappers.  It  showed  wonderful  growth,  averaging  24 
leaves  to  the  stalk,  and  we  were  particularly  impressed  with  the  round 
shape  of  the  leaves  and  the  plant's  wonderful  root  system.  After  assort- 
ing and  handling  this  tobacco  we  bulked  same  and  turned  the  bulks  six 
times  allowing  the  temperature  to  reach  116  degrees.  After  turning  the 
sixth  time  we  baled  and  placed  in  a  warm  room.     We  have  no  fault  to 


OPINIONS   OF   GROWERS.  291 

find  with  our  experiment  but  on  the  other  hand  are  very  much  pleased 
with  it  as  far  as  we  have  gone.  We  had  a  local  manufacturer  use  a  little 
of  it  and  the  yield  is  good.  He  said  he  could  wrap  1,200  cigars  with  two 
pounds. 

From  A.   H.  Brown,  Windsor  Tobacco  Growers,  Inc.,  Windsor,  Conn. 

My  experience  with  the  Round  Tip  Tobacco  the  season  of  1919  and 
1920,  while  in  the  nature  of  an  experiment  only  so  far  as  the  growing  and 
curing  is  concerned,  has  convinced  me  that  it  possesses  many  desirable 
qualities  from  the  grower's  standpoint.  It  seems  to  produce  good 
results  on  what  is  called  "sick  land"  owing  perhaps  to  its  stronger  root 
growth,  and  is  less  affected  by  wind  storms.  The  name  Round  Tip 
well  describes  the  shape  of  the  leaves  and  the  lower  fifteen  vary  but  little 
in  length.  In  1919  I  harvested  from  twenty-two  to  twenty-six  leaves  per 
stalk  but  in  1920  a  hail  storm  destroyed  the  leaves  on  the  upper  part  of 
the  stalk  after  harvesting  fifteen  but  the  number  was  the  same  as  in  the 
previous  season.  From  my  experience  would  advise  priming  a  little 
earlier  than  we  do  the  Havana  variety  at  least  the  lower  part  of  the  plant. 
In  regard  to  the  "appearance  of  the  assorted  and  fermented  leaves"  the 
failure  of  a  number  of  expert  tobacco  men  to  select  a  Sumatra  wrapped 
cigar  placed  in  a  box  with  cigars  wrapped  with  Round  Tip  is  pretty  good 
evidence  that  it  possesses  the  qualities  that  the  trade  demands.  While 
its  taste  has  been  adversely  criticised  many  smokers  have  grave  doubts 
as  to  their  ability  to  detect  it  in  any  way. 

From  Benjamin  L.   Haas,  L.  B.   Haas  &"  Co.,   Hartford,  Conn. 

Our  experience  has  been  that  this  new  type  of  tobacco  requires  a  greater 
length  of  time  to  cure  properly.  There  are  features  of  this  tobacco  which 
necessitate  the  tobacco  being  in  bulk  a  greater  length  of  time,  and  it 
should  lay  in  the  bale,  at  least,  two  or  three  months  before  being  manu- 
factured. There  are  qualities  in  the  Connecticut  Round  Tip  which  must 
eventually  prove  to  be  very  profitable  to  the  cigar  manufacturers.  We 
are  of  the  opinion  that  this  type  of  tobacco  will  become  very  popular 
after  we  understand  how  to  handle  it.  It  requires  more  time  in  curing 
process  than  any  other  type  of  tobacco  we  are  now  growing. 

From  W.  A.   Haviland,    The   Haviland   Tobacco  Co.,  East  Windsor,  Hill, 
Conn. 

We  grew  one-half  acre  of  Round  Tip  on  land  that  had  ceased  to  give 
us  a  satisfactory  growth  of  "shade."  On  one  side  of  this  we  grew  Conn. 
Havana  and  on  the  other  a  Wisconsin  resistant  Havana  No.  2901.  This 
No.  2901  did  very  well,  in  fact  much  better  than  the  Conn.  Havana  but 
the  Round  Tip  throughout  the  entire  season  was  larger  and  thriftier 
than  either.  Our  experience  leads  us  to  believe  that  the  Round  Tip  will 
yield  well,  even  on  "sick  soils";  the  shape  of  the  leaf  is  good,  the  third 
priming  is  comparatively  better  than  that  of  primed  Havana  and  if  a 
certain  bitterness  can  be  overcome  in  sweating  Round  Tip  should  be  a 
very  valuable  tobacco. 

From  The  Farnham  Tobacco  Corp.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

The  seed  of  Round  Tip  tobacco  which  I  used  was  rather  poor  and  the 
general  impression  I  had  of  the  plants  was  that  they  were  much  slower 
in  growing  than  either  the  Havana  Seed  or  the  Broadleaf.  They  seemed 
to  be  harder  to  push  to  the  size  necessary  for  planting.  I  planted  the 
tobacco  closely,  about  eleven  thousand  plants  to  the  acre,  and  found  the 
same  tendency  in  regard  to  growth  applied  to  the  earlj'-set  plants  as  weU 
as  those  which  were  in  the  beds,  but  when  the  tobacco  became  eight  or 
ten  inches  high  it  grew  rapidly  and  from  that  time  on  until  maturity  it 
grew  faster  than  any  other  variety  I  had.     The  time  for  harvesting  the 


292         CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   228. 

first  leaves,  in  my  judgment,  is  when  the  tobacco  reaches  the  height  of 
a  man's  shoulder,  as  I  found  when  picking  was  delayed  it  became  thick 
and  of  very  poor  color.  Just  before  the  tobacco  buds  out  I  found  it  ready 
to  harvest  up  as  high  as  the  fourteenth  leaf,  and  have  decided  next  year  to 
have  all  the  good  tobacco  off,  up  to  the  eighteenth  leaf  by  the  time  the 
plants  break  into  flower.  I  found  this  tobacco  more  or  less  difficult  to 
cure,  the  leaves  having  a  tendency  to  stick  together,  due  to  the  gum  which 
the  tobacco  carries  to  a  marked  degree.  The  shape  of  the  leaf  is  all  that 
can  be  desired  both  as  to  length  and  width.  Probably  it  would  suit  a  larger 
number  of  customers  if  it  did  not  grow  as  long  as  it  does,  but  am  perfectly 
satisfied  in  that  regard.  The  only  criticism  I  have  to  make  is  regarding 
the  taste,  which  of  course  is  a  very  important  one,  but  I  firmly  believe 
that  as  time  goes  on  it  Avill  be  taken  care  of  without  trouble.  Tlic  tobacco 
has  a  bitter  taste,  and  although  extreme  temperatures  have  been  tried 
in  the  fermentation,  it  has  not  been  eliminated  as  yet.  I  believe  that  if 
the  tobacco  was  taken  down  in  very  high  case  and  put  directly  into  the 
bulk  and  allowed  to  reach  a  very  high  temperature  this  trouble  would  be 
remedied.  If  this  one  factor  can  be  taken  care  of  and  the  tobacco  made 
one  which  will  appeal  to  the  taste  of  the  average  smoker,  I  believe  that 
it  is  by  far  the  best  thing  that  the  Valley  has  ever  had  and  should  really 
make  a  new  era  in  tobacco  growing. 

Conclusion. 

It  has  not  been  our  policy  to  say  much  about  this  tobacco  as 
we  expect  it  to  win  its  own  way.  If  it  has  real  merit,  as  the  pre- 
liminary trials  show,  it  will  be  grown  in  so  far  as  it  proves  profita- 
ble. In  order  to  be  appreciated  it  must  be  seen  growing  in  the  field 
and  after  sorting.  Before  the  manufacturers  will  buy  this  tobacco 
they  must  appreciate  what  it  is  and  know  that  it  can  be  secured 
in  quantity.  The  fact  that  a  large  number  of  cigars  can  be 
wrapped  per  pound  of  leaves  is  one  forceful  reason  why  they 
should  give  this  new  tobacco  a  careful  trial. 

This  .brief  history  and  description  is  written  to  introduce  the 
Connecticut  Round  Tip  to  the  tobacco  growers  of  this  district  in 
the  belief  that  when  it  is  tested  on  an  adequate  scale  and  becomes 
familiar  to  the  buyer  that  it  will  be  profitable  for  growers  and 
manufacturers  alike. 


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